Brazilians continue to protest the government's funding of soccer events at the expense of social services, but the actions are much smaller than last year's giant marches.
The Argentine peso had its worst week since the 2001-2002 financial crisis, but analysts are divided on the reasons for the fall.
A successful two-day strike against "pension reform" by Puerto Rico's teachers has brought the government to the bargaining table.
Has a judge finally identified the people behind a famous 2000 double murder of a Haitian journalist and his bodyguard—or is this just another political maneuver?
The murky case of a 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center suddenly got murkier thanks to statements by a former Israeli ambassador.
Chilean indigenous activist Nicolasa Quintreman apparently drowned after falling into the reservoir of the dam whose construction she protested for 10 years.
Unidentified assailants beat and shot Guatemalan indigenous leader and former guerrilla Juan Tuyuc; activists are demanding a thorough investigation.
Local residents in the central Argentine province of Córdoba have won a suspension of the giant seed-drying plant Monsanto wants to build in their town.
World Bank auditors say the bank violated ethical standards with a loan it gave a landowner in the conflictive Aguán Valley region of Honduras.
Haitian factory owners have fired some 26 union supporters since workers marched out to demand a higher minimum wage a month ago.
The expulsion of two politicians has revealed some of the fissures in former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s populist political party.
Wall Street objects to teachers’ pensions in Puerto Rico—just as it does in the US itself.
